How Are You Furthering Your Writing Career?
[digg=http://digg.com/educational/How_Are_You_Furthering_Your_Writing_Career]Tiffany Colter, the Writing Career Coach, had a great post last week: Do You Own It? It offered a no-nonsense kick in the pants to all of us who play-act at being writers.
I have purchased her Writing Career Coach courses on Creating a Writer’s Life and Building a Platform, but I haven’t finished it. I own that. I want to finish it. The lessons are wonderful, and the feedback is valuable. I have put at least one idea from each lesson into practice, and it has helped me approach my career in a professional fashion.
I am thankful that her post came during a week when I had set goals for the month and had come to some decisions about how I would achieve them. It also came during a week when I had submitted four short stories for consideration to various print and online publications, including a stand-alone excerpt from my current WIP. I feel as if I have really worked my writing career over the past week.
To help me better focus my writing time, I have taken a pseudo-vacation from Pop Culture Curmudgeon. I know that by posting less frequently, I risk losing some readers. But I need to put my paying projects and potentially paying projects first. And I will keep posting during the coming month.
I will be maintaining my regular schedule here, with posts on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Wednesday, I will have a list of my indispensable tools. Friday, I will have the usual writing roundup.
What about you. What do you need to do to further your career? Do you need to set new goals? Create benchmarks? Find tools to help you better organize your time? Learn how to say no?
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